unable to open a initial console

shrek-m at gmx.de shrek-m at gmx.de
Sun Jan 23 18:13:36 UTC 2005


hi,

after a clean fc3t2 installation (powerbook g4) i was not able to boot
error: "unable to open a initial console"
and here it stops.
is this a known bug ?


initrd was missing.

booting into rescue mode
chroot /mnt/sysimage
append the initrd line in the /etc/yaboot.conf
mkofboot
and all is ok.


# cat /etc/yaboot.conf
boot=/dev/hda2
device=/pci at f4000000/ata-6 at d/disk at 0:
init-message=Welcome to Fedora Core\!
Hit <TAB> for boot options.


partition=4
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
default=Linux
defaultos=linux


image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667
        label=Linux
        root=/dev/hda4
        read-only
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img

-- 
shrek-m





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